by SCBWI Western Washington
Because we have so much love for you all, we're letting you off the hook this Valentine's Day and are instead holding our monthly meeting THIS COMING MONDAY. Same time (7pm), same place (Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall). So, to reiterate: February's Professional Series Meeting will take place on MONDAY, February 11 at 7pm ... Continue Reading →
INCENSED! How dare someone mess with this? What is the world coming to? Let me know if you agree after you read the latest book-cover scandal here. I think I need to get Rachel Lynde on this. She'll give them what-for! Really? Does Miss Shirley deserve such a tawdry fate? Think I'll stop now, before... Continue Reading →
REMINDER: This is one of those goodies. If you can make it, you won't be sorry! Sat, Feb 9: 5th Annual iYouth Conference: "Common Ground: Engaging Diversity and Building Community in Youth Services," which will address ways in which we can build community around and meet the needs of children and young adults. To register,... Continue Reading →
Here's a friendly reminder: Wed, Feb 6: Northern Network Meeting: "He Said/She Said: Let’s Talk Dialogue!" If you’re writing for children (or adults, for that matter), chances are that your characters are talking to each other at some point. How do you make them sound natural? How can you use dialogue to propel your story... Continue Reading →
Two presenters for the upcoming WWU Children’s Lit Conference just won major awards! Brian Pinkney’s wife, Andrea Davis Pinkney, won the Coretta Scott King award for Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, but he did the illustrations so we are very pleased! Katherine Applegate of Animorphs fame, who has written over 212... Continue Reading →
Sat, Feb 2: Kristin Halbrook Teen Book Brunch: Kristin Halbrook appears in support of her YA novel, Nobody But Us. University Book Store, Mill Creek, 11am Tues, Feb 5: Cory Doctorow Hugo- and Nebula-nominated YA author, columnist, and web guru (okay, the guy's a smarty-pants) Cory Doctorow appears in support of Homeland, the sequel... Continue Reading →
In case you weren't glued to your computers this morning for the live presentation of numerous youth media awards from the ALA mid-winter conference, the full list of winners can be found by clicking here. But, to provide a spoiler or two, in case you're feeling impatient: Michael L. Prinz Award: In Darkness, written by... Continue Reading →
Where could you find writers, agents, publishers, and a menu full of rum? At our chapter's ALA Kid Lit Drinks Night, at Rumba on Pike last Friday night. With a convivial group over two dozen strong, conference attendees rubbed shoulders with visitors far and wide. Writers, writers everywhere! Kim and Danielle catch up. Don't hate... Continue Reading →
Set your timers, mark your calendars (if you, like me, still do that!), and pay attention! Between February 15–March 15, applications will be received for this year's SCBWI Works-In-Progress grants. For more information, click here. We'll be circling back and reminding all you as the deadlines get going. But for now, start imagining what you'll... Continue Reading →
Martha and Eliot ad-libbed and Mad Libbed at Secret Garden Books on Tuesday. Tuesday night, Secret Garden Books. It was better than a rumble, better than CSI retreads, better than Pop Rocks. For those of us who experienced the double-threat appearance of Martha Brockenbrough (Devine Intervention) and Eliot Schrefer (Endangered, nominated as a finalist for... Continue Reading →
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